Vending-machine.



A. DOWNEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APEJB, 1909. RENEWED JULY 6, 1910.

967,347. Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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A. DOWNEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED APRJB, 1909. RENEWED JULY 6, 1910. 967,347.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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WITNESSES- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW DOWNEY, F COLUMBUS, OHIO.

VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW DOWNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in vending machines and as illustrated, is specially adapted as a coin operated machine intended to vend chewing gum, as prepared and sold in the usual package. The operating parts of the machine are like wise adapted to vend other articles, a slight modification in parts being necessary for this adaptation. V

The invention contemplates and embodies a structure for the above purpose which is simple and inexpensive in first cost and maintenance; which may be freely manipulated, and which will be accurate in its operation of delivering the article vended.

The invention consists essentially in a magazine or storing receptaclefor the article vended combined with an oscillatory coin chute, which, in the presence of a coin, is adapted to actuate a slide or delivering device. And in conjunction with these devices certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts are utilized in the practical embodiment of the inventive idea. i

In the accom ianying drawings I have illustrated one example of the invention, constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof. The drawings show only the operating or working parts of the machine, the casing, which may be of glass, and other non-essential parts being omitted, but it will be understood that in actual practice these operating parts are inclosed, except for the coin or entrance slot, and the operating handle or crank.

Referring to the drawings in which like reference characters designate similar parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the machine. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation looking at the machine from. the rear. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-1 Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the oscillatory coinchute and connections, detached. The last three views being on an enlarged scale.

The entire working machine is supported Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. April 15, 1909, Serial No. 490,013. Renewed July 6, 1910.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Serial No. 570,633.

upon the base or receptacle 1,whicl1 performs the function of a money receiving receptacle, being provided with a door 2and a slotted head or cover 3, as will be described.

The magazine, trough, or receptacle 4:, is supported directly above the base or box 1, and is formed at the rear by the plate or wall 5, which plate has side extensions 6 and front flanges 7, the whole forming a receptacle, partially open at the front, and of convenient size for the reception of a pile of packages of gum, is indicated at 8. It will be understood, of course, that the' stack of packages will be entered through the open top of the magazine and when the magazine is fully stocked the stack will extend to the top of the magazine. The stack of packages is supported by a slidable plate or ejector 9, upon which the lowermost package rests, and by which, when properly operated, as Wlll be described, the packages are delivered.

A flat tube 10 having its open front end projecting a suitable distance from the magazine is supported thereon, and lts rear curved end 11 extends to a posit-ion to deliver a coin into the open mouth of the oscillatory chute 12. The chute 12 is hinged at 13 to the magazine wall 5, and when actuated is adapted to swing or oscillate on said hinge. Its upper open end is formed with a flared mouth 1-51, conveniently cut away at 15 to clear the coin slot 11, and attached to its lower end are two guide bars or rods 16, depending therefrom and extending into the receptacle 1 through the slot 17 in the cover or head These bars form a fork or partially inclosing device for the coin and pass to and fro in the slot 17 as the chute oscillates.

The chute is oscillated on its hinge by means of the crank 18, which is journaled at 19 in the two wings or flanges 20 projecting rearwardly from the wall 5. A handle 21, which in actual practice is outside the inclosing casing of the machine, provides a convenient means for turning the crank, and the rotation of the crank 18 oscillates the chute through the medium of the head 22 onthe chute.

The lower end of the chute is shoe or shield 23, which is suspended from its hinge 24, and has bearing upon it a spring 25, which urges the shoe forwardly, thus tending to move the two plates 26 directly under the open lower end of the chute. These plates 26 are formed at the sides of incased by a the shoe and partially close the lower end thereof, the remainder of the bottom of the shield being open for accommodation of the forked end of the chute. In normal position, as seen in Fig. 5, these plates extend under the open lower end of the chute and are spaced sufiiciently close to arrest and hold a coin which may fall through the chute; but when the chute is moved forward a sufficient distance, as in Fig. 1, the side walls 27 of the shoe bear against the wall 5 of the magazine, and the continued movement, toward the front, carries the lower end of the chute from above the plates 26, thus freeing a coin therein and permitting it to drop, as shown in dotted lines Figs. 1 and 2.

The construction of the ejector 9 is spe-' cially well shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. It is adapted to slide horizontally to the front and rear, and is guided in its motion by the side flanges 28 projecting from the cover of the money receptacle 1, and the side wings or flanges 7 of the magazine are cut away at 29 to permit passage of the ejector when delivering a package of gum. The forward movement of the ejector is limited by the two posts 30 which projectupwardly near the sides of the ejector and are adapted to contact with the plate 5 of the magazine. The rear end of the ejector is cut away and formed with an elongated slot 30 having a forward extension or recess 31 which is a continuation of the slot 32 formed transversely of the slot 30, and said slot 32 is flared at 33. The slot 32 and its portion 31 accommodate the forked end of the chute and the slot 30 permits the passage of a coin at the proper time.

In operation, a coin is entered through the slot and passes therethrough to the rear of the magazine dropping into and through the chute. In normal position the plates on the shoe partially close the open lower end of the chute, and the coin is thus arrested and held therein by the plates. The crank handle is now rotated turning the crank, which, through the connection of head 22 oscillates the chute on its hinge 18. The forward movement of the chute causes the wall 27 of the shield or shoe to strike against the wall 5 of the magazine and the movement of the shoe is thus arrested, but the chute continues its forward movement until the lower end thereof is free from the plates 26 of the shoe. In this position the coin is permitted to drop, being guided by the forked end or rods 16. The coin falls into the slot 30 of the ejector 9, but its further movement is retarded by the restricted width of the slot 17 in cover 3. In this position the coin is located in the slot 30 and resting'upon the edges of the slot 17 being held in vertical position by the rods 16. A continued turning of the crank swings the chute rearwardly, and as the coin is interlocked in the slot 30 of the ejector, the ejector is carried rearwardly with the chute, the coin passing in frictional contact with the edges of slot 17. At the extreme rearward swing of the chute the coin is dropped through the enlarged opening 3+ in the cover 3, and the continued rotation of the crank oscillates the chute toward the front carrying the ejector with it, the forked ends or rods 16 pushing the ejector. This forward movement of the ejector pushes the lowermost package of gum through the opening 29, from the magazine, it being understood that as the ejector is withdrawn rearwardly the stack of packages falls and rests on the cover 3, and the package is thus delivered to the purchaser. This operation may be repeated again and again until the stock of packages of gum is exhausted.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings it is obvious that I have produced a machine which fulfils all the conditions set forth as the object of my invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a machine as described of a magazine or package holding receptacle, a movable ejector, an oscillatory coin chute adapted to operatively engage said ejector in the presence of a coin, means carried by the chute to arrest the coin, and means for oscillating said chute, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a magazine, of a slidable ejector and an oscillatory coin chute operative in unison therewith in the presence of a coin, spring pressed means for arresting the progress of the coin, means for releasing the coin, and means for oscillating the chute.

3. The combination with a slotted base plate and an ejector movable thereon, a magazine, an oscillatory coin chute operatively engaging said ejector in the presence of a coin, a coin arrester mounted on the chute, means for oscillating said chute, and means for releasing the coin.

4E. The combination with a base plate having a slot and an enlarged extension thereto and a movable ejector thereon, a magazine, an oscillatory coin chute operatively engaging said ejector in the presence of a coin, means on the chute to arrest the coin, and means for oscillating the chute to cause the coin to travel through the slot of the base plate and be deposited in the enlarged extension.

5. The combination with an oscillatory coin chute having a coin holder or arrester pivotally secured thereon, of a slidable ejector and a slotted base plate, a slot in the ejector for the passage of a coin, a restricted slot in the base plate and an enlarged opening thereto for the passage of the coin, and means for oscillating the chute.

6. The combination with an oscillatory coin chute and a slidable ejector operatively engaged therewith in the presence of a coin, means on the chute to arrest the coin, a slot in the ejector for the passage of the coin, a slotted base plate, and an enlarged opening therein for the passage of a coin.

7. The combination with an oscillatory coin chute having a forked lower end, of means pivotally secured thereon for arresting the progress of the coin, a slidable ejector slotted to receive said end and to pass a coin, a base plate having a restricted slot and formed with an enlarged opening and means for oscillating said chute whereby the ejector is moved in the presence of a coin, and the coin deposited in the enlarged openmg.

8. In a vending machine the combination with a magazine, an ejector, and a coin chute operative with the latter in the presence of a coin, of means on the chute for arresting a coin, and means for oscillating the chute to release said coin and lock the chute and ejector to operate in unison.

9. The combination in a vending machine of an oscillatory coin chute, an ejector operative therewith in the presence of a coin, a spring pressed receptacle 011 the chute for arresting the coin, and means for releasing said coin and actuating the chute and ejector in unison.

10. The combination in a vending machine of an open ended oscillatory coin chute, a spring pressed device to close said end and arrest a coin, an ejector, and means for releasing said coin and actuating the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of the coin.

11. The combination in a vending machine of an entrance slot, an open ended os cillatory coin chute, a spring pressed device to close said end and arrest a coin, an ejector, and a crank and head for oscillating said chute to release the coin and actuate the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of the coin.

12. The combination in a vending machine of an openended oscillatory coin chute having a forked extension, a spring pressed device to close said end and arrest a coin, an ejector having a slot to receive said forked extension and pass a coin, and means for releasing said coin and actuate the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of said coin.

13. The combination with a magazine, an ejector and an oscillatory coin chute, of a detent on the chute for arresting a coin, a slot in the ejector to receive an extension on the chute and pass the coin, a slotted base plate having an enlarged opening, and means for releasing said coin and actuating the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of the coin.

14. The combination with a magazine, an ejector and an oscillatory coin chute, of a detent on the chute for arresting the coin, a slot in the ejector to receive an extension on the chute and pass a coin, a slotted base plate having an enlarged opening for the passage of a coin, a headon the chute, and a crank connected therewith to release the coin and actuate the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of the coin.

15. The combination in a vending machine of an entrance slot, a magazine having a cut away portion 29, and a hinged chute, a spring pressed detent at the lower end of the coin chute to arrest a coin, an ejector having a slot therein to receive an extension on the chute and pass a coin, a slotted base plate having an enlarged opening for the passage of the coin, a head on the chute, and a crank connected therewith to release the coin and actuate the chute and ejector in unison in the presence of a coin.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREl/V DOVVNEY.

WVitnesses HORACE M. MOGARREN,

JOHN J. KELLY. 

